万まん年ねん補ほ欠けつ

noun

perpetual benchwarmer; eternal substitute

Sports slang for a player who is always on the bench and rarely gets to play. Often used humorously or self-deprecatingly.

• 彼かれは高こう校こう時じ代だい、万まん年ねん補ほ欠けつだった。

  He was a perpetual benchwarmer in high school.

• 万まん年ねん補ほ欠けつの俺おれにも、たまにはチャンスが回まわってくる。

  Even a benchwarmer like me gets a chance once in a while.